Mode 9 at Hidden Rooms for NextgGenJazz

About Regular monthly event throughout the year, run by volunteers driven by their love and passion for live jazz music. Many younger music fans are often unaware of the wealth of talented young jazz players moving this exciting and diverse genre forward and see jazz as something belonging to an older generation. Nextgenjazz aims to champion and show-case some of the most talented and boundary pushing rising young stars in the UK jazz scene

Led by OLLIE LEPAGE-DEAN

// vocalist & keys

Ollie was born in Brussels, Belgium, but grew up in Cambridge. He was a chorister for St Johns College Choir, Cambridge and recorded his own CD with Naxos in 2001. He studied at Haileybury College for five years with music tuition from Peter Davis and Quentin Thomas, and gained a place at Trinity College of Music, London, graduating in 2011. During his time at Trinity, Ollie mostly sang classical and choral music but his musical inspiration was diverse and he also sang a variety of musical theatre and jazz repertoire.

Mode9 is a Cambridge and London based six-piece band playing a fusion of neo-soul and jazz with a hint of funk. Playing almost exclusively original music and arrangements written by Ollie Lepage-Dean, Mode9 mixes smooth melodies with unique harmonies and a sleek horn section using arrangements by James Brady.

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Influences on the band include Erykah Badu, Jamie Cullum and Steely Dan, and as well as hearing some of the best original writing around, audiences can also be treated to some popular favourites heard in astonishingly fresh and exciting arrangements including I Get A Kick out Of You and Stevie Wonder’s Supersti